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Nadz1lla

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NAD!!!
« on: February 21, 2013, 05:12:43 PM »
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

My first ever all-tube amp! Saturday is Cab hunting day, going to try out a Jet City 2x12 hopefully. They're going silly-cheap on Thomann at the moment.

So this is a modified JCA20H, I don't have a cab in the house at the moment so I've not been able to actually hook it up and try it out, but structurally and aesthetically it looks solid and fairly unblemished. A few scratches on the corner protectors but that's to be expected.

Here's some of the blurb from the original ebay listing:

"This amp has been modded professionally to provide the following features;

Clean channel + Overdrive /Distoration Channel- making it a 2 channel amp + Boot option for each channel. The secoundchannel being the overdrive channel producing great sounds FROM MILD OVERDRIVE TO FULL SATURATED DISTORTION WITH GREAT CLARITY AND DEFINITION.
Effects Loop.
Variable boost control for both channels.
Also included is a custom adapted footswitch which gives the ability to do the following:-
A/B with another amp.
Channel changing on A and B amps.
Volume boost on both Jet City channels.
The mods done to it make this an extremely versatile amp using the footswitch even for A/B'd with another amp."

The attenuator that the guy chucked in free looks a bit ropey, apparently it's by a proper make, but this looks like it was a "starting out" model, probably made in the guys bedroom, as the company logo is on a pretty cheap-looking sticker on the front. But hey, it's an attenuator, which is great, because I fully intended to buy one anyway. :D

Pretty stoked right now, just hope it works properly, hah! Won't know until Saturday, but until then, this is one happy chap signing off!  :lol:
« Last Edit: February 21, 2013, 05:14:49 PM by Nadz1lla »

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2013, 05:57:10 PM »
That sucks you can't use it yet, it must be agonizing!

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2013, 06:01:31 PM »
It totally is, hah! It's excruciating! I have my mate's amp here that has a 12" that I could, in theory, test it on, but the speaker connectors are a bit dodgy and it shocked the guitar player from my old band at a gig, so I don't want to kill myself trying, think I'll leave it until the weekend.  :lol:

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2013, 06:17:41 PM »
Congrats, they sound nice for the price!
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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2013, 07:51:24 AM »
Another congrats. Great amp for the price and I can only asume that the modded version is even cooler.
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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2013, 08:18:05 AM »
Cool, sounds like a good deal! Where abouts are you? If you don't get sorted quickly with your cab I have a Marshall 1 x 12 you can borrow for a week or 2 if it helps? I'm in West Mids. Hope it all works out though. Congrats.

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2013, 04:03:24 PM »
sweet :D

that's annoying that you have no cab... i remember when i got my first tube amp the same thing happened, the amp turned up about a week before the cab. that wasn't much fun :lol:

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2013, 06:04:00 PM »
Enjoy!

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2013, 03:56:54 PM »
BOOM!

Manson's had one Jet City cab left. Cheapest cab in the store and by far the best sounding for this amp, so JC really know how to pair their heads and speakers. They almost matched the Thomann price, too, so I bit the bullet and paid the £30 difference for convenience to take it away today.

SO happy right now, my first tube-amp and I'm loving it. Going to set it all up right now with my Bad Monkey and tweak the tone.  :D

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2013, 04:17:34 PM »
Looking good!
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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2013, 06:03:03 PM »
Yeah, looks like a fine set!
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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2013, 09:02:52 PM »
nice :D

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2013, 11:14:13 AM »
Cheers guys. :D

I just need to finish this soundproof partition I'm making for the doorway to the kitchen so I can start recording out there at a decent volume, heh. Then I shall be chucking clips up.  :D

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2013, 03:16:59 PM »
Cheers guys. :D

I just need to finish this soundproof partition I'm making for the doorway to the kitchen so I can start recording out there at a decent volume, heh. Then I shall be chucking clips up.  :D

Can't wait!

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Re: NAD!!!
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2013, 05:18:22 PM »
Oh - I saw that on ebay and was tempted by it. Did wonder how well the mods had been executed though...
Look forward to your review
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